FORMER policeman, Lloyd Roberts was on Friday exonerated of the murder of Ryan Sergeant, the 19-year-old who was shot dead outside the Rio Nightclub in Queenstown on September 26, 2016.

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the matter came to a close before Magistrate Judy Latchman, who ruled that there was insufficient evidence to link Roberts, called ‘Robbie’, to the murder.

The magistrate, in her ruling for the discharge, further said that the video submitted in evidence to the court by police prosecutor Shawn Gonsalves did not link or show Roberts as being the shooter.
Roberts’ attorney, Ms Latchmie Rahamat during her submission to the court maintained that there was no evidence linking her client to the crime.

Sergeant, of Festival City, North Ruimveldt, was shot dead purportedly by a group of men, while his friend, Jeffrey Ferrel, was injured.
The shooting reportedly stemmed from an argument over money and girls at the popular nightclub, and came to a head at around 02:30hrs outside the hangout’s Oronoque and Forshaw Streets, Queenstown premises.

After the shooting, Sergeant was reportedly picked up by his ‘gang members’ and dropped off at the Woodlands Hospital. He was shot once to the jaw during the exchange of gunfire.
Former murder accused, Leon Duncan, called ‘Whistle’, was charged in February of this year for discharging a loaded firearm at Jeffery Ferrell with intent to murder him.
He was slated to testify in Ryan Sergeant’s murder trial as a witness for the prosecution but never showed up.

Lloyd Roberts, along with two others, are also on remand after being charged in January 2017 in connection with the discovery of guns and ammunition during a police raid at a John Street, Campbellville house.

The men were busted with an AK-47 rifle and seven rounds of ammunition on January 22, 2017. That matter is currently ongoing before City Magistrate Faith McGusty.
Roberts was freed back in 2010 by a city magistrate for the murders of Romeo D’Agrella and son Clint D’Agrella, who died in March 2007, at Iron Punt, North West District of multiple gunshot wounds.